Fall 2023 English UN3241 section 001

African American Literature: The Essay

AFRICAN AMERICAN LIT: ESS

Call Number 11935
Day & Time
Location
R 12:10pm-2:00pm
401 Hamilton Hall
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Farah Griffin
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description According to literary critic Cheryl A. Wall, African American writers have done their most influential work in the essay form. Using Wall’s scholarship as a starting point, this course explores essays by a distinguished group of writers from Frederick Douglass to Toni Morrison to consider the centrality of this understudied form to African American writing.
Web Site Vergil
Department English and Comparative Literature
Enrollment 11 students (18 max) as of 3:06PM Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Subject English
Number UN3241
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Campus Morningside
Note Application required.
Section key 20233ENGL3241W001